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No. 655,69l. Patented Aug. 14, I900.

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WVILLIAM CROSSLEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

FACTORY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,691, dated. August 14, 1900.

Application filed December 21, 1899. Serial No. 741,182. (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CROSSLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the town and county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Factory-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved fac-.

tory-car or rail-truck for moving merchandise in Workshops and storehouses, and particularly for use in factories for the production of rubber goods that in the processes of prothe truck, they will require to project correspondingly beyond the wheels,with the j on rnals on their extreme ends, which construction, though heretofore commonly employed,

is very disadvantageous, as it brings the weight on the axles at points far interior to their journals, subjecting them to springing, breaking, and extraordinary friction.

My invention has forits object to overcome the aforesaid objections and to produce a facfory-oar of great strength and rigidity, simple of construction, and not subject to excessive wear of journals.

To this end the improvement consists in the novel combination, with the frame, of the diagonal braces supporting the axle-boxes interior to the side sills and in the arrangement and construction of parts, as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of my improved factorycar viewed from the front, the section being taken on the line :r m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the frame of the truck, with the uprights in horizontal section on the line m m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the truck. Fig. 4 is an end view of an axle-box and axle arranged with the angles thereof at the upper and outer sides of the frame, presenting the flanges a a. on the upper side of the frame and similar flanges a on the outside thereof. The horizontal flanges c of the side sills are received under those of the ends a and securely riveted thereto, as indicated by the rivet-points i in the drawings.

Across the corners of the frame are arranged the diagonal stay beams B, preferably I- shaped in cross-section and having their ends received under the upper flanges of the anglebeams and riveted thereto, as indicated by the rivet-poiuts c, shims 10 being laid between the stays and flanges of .the end angle-beams to compensate for the difference of the plane of the said flanges and that of the flanges of the side beams. Said I-beams B serve as braces to give the frame rigidity and also form supports for the boxes D of the axles F. Crossstays g are extended from the diagonal staybeams B to the side sills A in the plane of the.

axle, comprising flat bars riveted to the lower flanges h of the I-bcams and to suitable angleplates 7.", which are riveted to the flanges a of the side sills, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The rivets m, securing the cross-stays to the I-beams, also pass through the flanges d" of the boxes D, while other rivets n pass through the flanges d and the cross-stays g, as shown in Figs. 1, 4:, and 5. The boxes are thus securely fastened to rigid and unyielding framework, calculated to sustain the most severe strain of the wheels. l.

The boxes D have cylindrical chambers 41, adapted to receive the journals R of the axles F, surrounded by the antifriction -rolls 1", freely fitting in said chamber. Said rolls are retained in place by a cap 25', bolted to the are riveted to the side sills A, which support the horizontal racks it, also of an gle-iron, bolted thereto by bolts 7, passing through holes 8 in the racks and perforations 9 in the uprights, placed along the entire length thereof to permit adjustment of the racks. Stay-rods 5, riveted diagonally across the uprights from one to another and crossing at the center 3, as shown in Fig. 3, brace the uprights against longitudinalstrains, and horizontal stays 4 connect the uprights from side to side of the car, as shown in Fig. l. The diagonal stayrods are riveted to the lateral flanges of the upright, as shown in Fig. 7, and are twisted a quarter-turn at the points of crossing 3, as shown in detail in said Fig. 7. The racks U are provided with the loops or wire staples 6, riveted therein and adapted to receive the ends of the sticks or cross-bars adaptedto support the last-s upon which rubber boots and shoes are formed. I have devised an improved form of rack comprisingabar of an gleiron 62, having the inclined supports or anglepieces 63 riveted to the horizontal flange 64 thereof, as shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10.

Thisimproved car construction secures the utmost strength and rigidity, and in operation the springing and deflection of the axles and the friction of their journals are reduced ners of the rectangle with their ends secured respectively to the longitudinal and transverse an gle-beams, and axle-boxes secured to and supported by the said diagonal stays substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. In car construction the combination of the rectangular frame of side and end sill angle-beams connected at their ends, diagonal stay-beams extended across from the longitudinal to the transverse angle-beam and riveted thereto, cross stay-bars connecting the side sills and adjacent diagonal stays, axle-boxes secured to the diagonal stays, and the axles journaled in said boxes and pro vided with truck-wheels, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

5. In car construction the combination of the end and side sills AA of angle-iron connected at the ends, the diagonal I-beams forming stays between the sides and ends and adapted to support the axles, the cross-stays joining said diagonal stays with the adjacent side sills, the boxes depending from the di agonal stays and the axles journaled therein and provided with truck-Wheels, all arranged substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose specified.

6. In a factory-car the combination of the end and side sillsAA' of angle-iron connected at the ends the diagonal beams crossing from the side to the ends and-adapted to form supports for the axle-bearings, the axle-bearings attached thereto, the axle journaled insaid boxes and provided with truck-wheels, the uprights riveted to the side sills and stayed together, and the racks supported by the uprights, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

'7. In a factory-car the rack comprising in combination a bar of angle-iron and the inclined supports or angle-pieces 63 riveted to the horizontal flange thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM CROSSLEY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS C. BRETT, GEORGE L. BARNES. 

